Set Up Syslog from the Host Profiles Interface in the vSphere Web Client

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Hosts provisioned with Auto Deploy usually do not have sufficient local storage to save system logs. You can specify a remote syslog server for those hosts by setting up a reference host, saving the host profile, and applying that host profile to other hosts as needed.

About this task

Best practice is to set up the syslog server on the reference host with the vSphere Web Client or the esxcli system syslog command and to save the host profile. You can also set up syslog from the Host Profiles interface.

Prerequisites

If you intend to use a remote syslog host, set up that host before you customize host profiles.

Verify that you have access to a vSphere Web Client that can connect to the vCenter Server system.

Procedure

In the vSphere Web Client, click Rules and Profiles and click Host Profiles.

(Optional) If no reference host exists in your environment, click the Extract Profile from Host icon to create a host profile.

Right-click the host profile you want to modify and select Edit Host Profile.